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Hello all,

In trying to build a -stable release to update some CF-based clients, I
thought the easiest way to get the tgz's out to my network was to store
them on a local web server.

To my dismay, running Upgrade from bsd.rd on those clients could not find
the install sets from http. I revisited the problem today, this time from
the web server's perspective:

[Thu Jun 30 18:48:10 2005] [error] [client x.x.x.y] File does not exist:
/htdocs/pub/OpenBSD/3.7-stable/i386/index.txt

Ah ha! Checking with my local HTTP mirror got me the cluestick. But
checking back through the docs, I saw no mention of this requirement. Even
'apropos index' or 'apropos index.txt' left me wanting, so I made a patch.

If the info isn't written to your liking, or if you believe it belongs
better elsewhere in the doc (or in another doc for that matter) let me
know. I'm sure I'll forget it come 3.8 so I hoped to get it set in stone.

Also, my wording is based on my understanding that index.txt is required
only for HTTP. If someone with more info can enlighten me to a better
wording, I'll submit a better/correct patch.

Thanks,
Seth
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+# setenv RELEASEDIR your-releasedir
+# ls ${RELEASEDIR} > ${RELEASEDIR}/index.txt
+# unsetenv RELEASEDIR
+.Ed
+.Pp
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